Fall
Out Boy took over Los Angeles for arena
tour
By
Jessica Iavazzi
Online Forty-Niner
Contributing Writer
Fall Out Boy headlined the Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour with the All American
Rejects,
Hawthorne Heights and From First to Last on April 4 at the Los Angeles Sports
Arena.
The show kicked off with a performance by the Los Angeles-based band From First
to Last.
After a half hour the group was followed by the emo-core quartet, Hawthorne
Heights, who started its set with the new single “Saying Sorry” from
newest album “If Only You Were Lonely.” The group’s performance
got the crowd rowdy, and by the end of their set, with their performance of
their smash hit first single “Ohio is for Lovers,” the audience
was pumped up and anxiously awaiting the headlining band.
The last band before FOB were the rockers from the panhandle state, Oklahoma,
the All-American Rejects. Its set included songs from their self titled debut
album such as “My Paper Heart” and “Swing, Swing” as
well as the new chart-topping hits from their newly released album, “Move
Along,” including “Dirty Little Secret” and “Move Along.” By
the end of the set, the enthusiastic audience was ready for the band they really
came to see-Fall Out Boy.
As confetti blew into the venue, the band kicked off the show with a punked-out “Our
Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued,” the
opening track from the breakthrough second album, “From Under the Cork
Tree.” Every person in the arena, whether they were in the general admission
area in the mosh pit or the people sitting at the top of the assigned seating
bleachers in the nosebleed section, were on their feet when this band took
the stage.
As the band continued on through their performances, the excitement of the
crowd only grew and their amazing use of pyrotechnics in certain songs got
a rise out of everyone. The best part of Fall Out Boy’s entire show was
the way that they spoke to the audience. They were not just up on the stage
performing, they were entertaining.
Pete Wentz, bassist/songwriter, spoke to the Los Angeles audience making every
person there feel important and exhilarating. At one point, the band even led
an arena-wide wave.
The band commented on how people disapprove of them for swearing too much at
concerts and put up on screens in the arena for everyone to see a letter from
a fan’s mother criticizing their stage presence and their use of choice
words at performances. The band’s response to that was to swear even
more on stage and basically to tell the crowd that this is how they are, take
it or leave it.
Fall Out Boy’s set incorporated songs from their second album as well
as from their debut album “Take This To Your Grave.” Wentz made
a point to thank their fans that have been with them since their first album.
The entire show was exhilarating and
exciting, the energy levels were high and the entire arena, no matter what
seat you were in or where you were standing, seemed to enjoy themselves. The
band signed off thanking the crowd and saying they would be back in Los Angeles
working on their third album in the summer, so hopefully they would run in
to some of their fans.
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